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Govt to take IITs’ help in effort to clean up GangaNew Delhi: India has turned to seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to help it prepare a plan to clean the Ganga. The move comes after the government has failed to do so after spending around Rs900 crore over 25 years through the Ganga Action Plan. The joint committee comprising representatives from the IITs at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee will submit their first plan to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) within the next 12-18 months. Jairam Ramesh, India’s environment minister, said the situation would have been worse without... Read more.. Date : Jul 7 Source: Livemint
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India may check use of foreign equipment in solar projects
India plans to use technology to... Read more.. Date : Jul 7 Source: Livemint
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India Energy wraps pre-commissioning of 16.5MW Theni I wind farm project.Indian Energy an independent power producer that owns and operates wind farms in India, announced that the remaining 8 turbines of its 16.5 MW wind farm at Theni (Theni I) together with the associated substation have been installed, pre-commissioned and are now ready for connection to the grid. The Theni I project consists of 11 turbines each with a capacity of 1.5 MW. The first 3 turbines were commissioned on February 3, 2010 and the final 8 turbines and substation were completed June 30, 2010. Further, India Energy has an option to acquire an additional 33 MW wind farm as an... Read more.. Date : Jul 7 Source: PennEnergy
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Cycling Carbon Through Terrestrial EcosystemsTwo recent international studies are poised to change the way scientists view the crucial relationship between Earth's climate and the carbon cycle. These reports explore the global photosynthesis and respiration rates—the planet's deep "breaths" of carbon dioxide, in and out—and researchers say that the new findings will be used to update and improve upon traditional models that couple together climate and carbon. The two reports were published online by the journal Science at the Science Express Web site on Monday, 5 July. Science is published by AAAS, the nonprofit science... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Redorbit
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UN climate report reliable enough, review concludesA UN panel report on climate change was sound, says a Dutch agency which reviewed the results after questions were raised over its accuracy. The report examined possible future regional impacts of climate change. Back in January, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) admitted that it had made two errors in the report. It had overestimated the extent to which... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: TG Daily
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UL Launches Certification for Solar PV Installers... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Ecohomemagazine
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Vice President Addresses International Conference on “Geothermal and Other Energy Resources of Ladakh: Technological and Business Viability” in LehThe Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that the national mission to ensure energy security propels us to look seriously at new and renewable energy options with a focus on grid interactive and distributed renewable power, rural and urban applications, and industrial and commercial applications of such renewable power. Addressing at an “International Conference on Geothermal and other Energy Resources of Ladakh : Technological and Business Viability” in Leh (Ladakh) today, he has said that though India has been one of the earliest countries to begin geothermal projects... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: PIB.inc
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Nod to urban mission projectsJamshedpur and its fringe areas will have an integrated solid waste management system, while Dhanbad can expect to see computerisation of basic services at its corporation with Governor MOH Farook clearing two JNNURM projects at a high-level meeting today. The ambitious Rs 41.22 crore project for Jamshedpur, under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, would cover smaller civic bodies of Mango, Adityapur and Jugsalai, while the area under Tata Steel, within the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), would also be integrated into it to utilise services being provided... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Telegraph India
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Locals complain against pollutionThe Union minister for environment and forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, minced no words, when he told the Chairman of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), Mr Ajey Kallam, that he was the target. Date : Jul 6 Source: Deccan chronicle
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India's poor scrape a dangerous living in new 'e-waste' jobsYoung rag-pickers sifting through rubbish are a common image of India's chronic poverty, but destitute children face new hazards picking apart old computers as part of the growing "e-waste" industry. Asif, aged seven, spends his days dismantling electronic equipment in a tiny, dimly-lit unit in east Delhi along with six other boys. "My work is to pick out these small black boxes," he said, fingers deftly prising out integrated circuits from the pile of computer remains stacked high beside him. His older brother Salim, 12, is also hard at work instead of being at school... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: My sichew
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Govt plans to devise a new oil pricing formulaThe government plans to devise and publicly share a new pricing formula for key auto fuels, looking to inject greater transparency into an arcane system of price-setting amid hopes it will draw greater private participation in the state-dominated fuel retailing sector. The proposed new formula will also contain an in-built mechanism to freeze pump prices of petrol and diesel if global oil prices rise beyond a certain level to protect consumers, a senior government official told ET. The finance ministry has in a note proposed creating a software that will dynamically calculate... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Times of India
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AMW launches Zen Estillo... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Daily Mirror
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Protests Over Fuel Costs Idle Much of IndiaProtests against a recent increase in fuel prices shut down markets, schools, airports and businesses across India on Monday, and thousands of people were arrested as violence flared in some cities. The effect of the demonstrations — led by political parties that oppose the governing coalition led by the Indian National Congress — far exceeded expectations, although no official estimates of crowds were available. Some people affected by the one-day strike said the sizable opposition would force the government to address protesters’ concerns. “This will create some sense of... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: NYTIMES
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Recycling the visions for alternative energy's futureIs it me, or do a lot of the ads for gubernatorial candidates look like modernized commercials for Old Dutch Potato Chips? There are windmills gently spinning in the middle distance as millionaire Democrats in coveralls stroll through farm fields. With grim visions of oil-stained beaches, empty restaurants and petro-colored waterfowl on the news every night, you can expect more such ads as "alternative energy" becomes a dominant theme. Great. I'm all for weaning us off foreign oil and building the economy here, but I had a notion we've heard this before. So I... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Start Tribune
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USING NATURAL GAS AS TRANSITIONAL FUEL TO A RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTUREor a number of years, notes ecologist and UC Santa Barbara Professor Emeritus Daniel B. Botkin, energy professionals have been plugging natural gas from shale as the cleanest and most abundant source of energy to transition America’s economy from heavy polluting fossil fuels to clean, “green” renewables like solar and wind. The truth is that extracting shale gas is based on experimental, and extremely risky, technology that uses vast quantities of water and some seriously toxic chemicals to “blast” the gas out of formations. This often results in gas and fracking chemicals... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Energ Boom
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Navi Mumbai airport gets state eco clearanceThe state’s coastal authority on Monday gave its final go-ahead for the new airport proposed at Panvel. On Tuesday, its recommendations will be sent to the Union ministry of environment and forest. Date : Jul 6 Source: Hindustan Times
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Summit will try to bridge green divideA few days ago, civil aviation minister Praful Patel hit out at the environment ministry for delays in granting clearance for the proposed Navi Mumbai airport. In an interview to a news channel, Patel said: “We cannot be so obsessive about environmental issues that we cannot give priority to 50-100 acres of (forest) degradation over a large infrastructure project.” Spread over 2,000 hectares, the new airport planned near Panvel, about 30 km from Mumbai airport, involves cutting down 400 acres of mangroves - the main bone of contention for environmentalists. Jairam Ramesh,... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: DNA India
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India's poor risk 'slow death' recycling 'e-waste'Young rag-pickers sifting through rubbish are a common image of India's chronic poverty, but destitute children face new hazards picking apart old computers as part of the growing "e-waste" industry. Date : Jul 6 Source: Google
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Rich to honor promise to aid poor nations against Global Warming: Dr. Raj Baldev, Cosmo TheoristDr. Raj Baldev, Cosmo Theorist, said, “ It is the duty of the rich nations to honor their commitment to grant finances to the weaker countries, who signed on the Accord only on this assurance .” Replying to the question of disappointing reaction of the Copenhagen Accord, Dr. Raj Baldev, Cosmo Theorist, said, “The start at Copenhagen Summit was of course encouraging, at least there was a will by world leaders to fight the global warming despite its poor responses later on when the Copenhagen Accord was drafted and signed and some of them treated that as an unimportant paper later on... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: International reporter
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Indian firm wins prize for solar lightingThe firm received £40,000 for its design, manufacture and promotion of solar lanterns across the developing world. The judges noted the company’s effective marketing strategy that has put solar lighting within reach of one million people in 32 countries “with significant potential for further expansion.” In addition to the Gold Award, the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy selected five international winners which received £20,000 each in prize money for their pioneering work in benefitting communities and saving thousands of tonnes of CO2 through the innovative use of sustainable... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Renewable energy Focus
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Essar Energy Close To Acquire Navabharat's Power Project : ReportIndia-focused London-listed energy company Essar Energy, is close to acquiring Navabharat's power project in Orissa for Rs.200 crore, reports TV channel ET Now, quoting sources familiar with the development. The thermal power project has plans of a 1050-MW capacity near Meramundali and Kharagprasad villages in Dhenkanal district of Orissa. Coal India has assured coal linkage for the project. Essar Energyobtained joint allocation of coal block at the Rampia & Dip side of Rampia in Orissa. Navabharat Power also received the requisite environment-and-forest clearances for... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: RTT News
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Dutch agency admits climate report errorA leading Dutch environmental agency, taking the blame for one of the glaring errors that undermined the credibility of a seminal U.N. report on climate change, said Monday it has discovered more small mistakes and urged the panel to be more careful. But the review by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency claimed that none of the errors effected the fundamental conclusion by U.N. panel of scientists: that global warming caused by humans already is happening and is threatening the lives and well-being of millions of people. Mistakes discovered in the 3,000-page... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Times Union
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IPCC report into global warming 'played down positive impact of climate change'A key global assessment of climate change played down the positive effects of global warming, according to a new review. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) key 2007 report also contained a number of minor errors and was criticised over a lack of transparency, a Dutch review into the report concluded. The review highlighted an inaccuracy in the summary in terms of the number of people in Africa likely to be hit by a lack of water - a mistake the report's authors dispute. It suggested the figures should be 90 million to 220 million by 2020, rather... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: Daily Mail
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Energy body tells India to focus on achieving efficiency - Hindu Business LineAs India will exhibit strong electricity demand growth over the next 40 years to sustain economic development and meet increasing household electricity needs, huge additional capacities will be required. As a strategy to combat climate change, in the global attempt to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the coming decades, major focus has been on China and India, two of world's most populous countries that continue to register rapid economic growth; and by implication are rapidly growing emitters of CO2. Devoting attention Admittedly, there are substantial... Read more.. Date : Jul 6
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Carbon Taxes May be Ineffective in Discouraging EmissionsOf the many ways considered by Western governments to fight climate change, perhaps the most troublesome is raising a tariff wall in the name of clean environment. One month after France and Italy called for implementation of a carbon tax at European borders, two U.S. senators unveiled the American Power Act, which would arm the United States with the same adjustment mechanism. In the event no global agreement on climate change is reached by 2019, the U.S. bill would phase in a border tax on imports from countries that have not taken action to limit emissions. Enthusiasm of... Read more.. Date : Jul 6 Source: The Epoch Times
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